North Dakota Protection & Advocacy Project

Services: Policies: Programs And Services

D: Agency Priorities

As encouraged by federal funding sources, and following input activities by people with disabilities, family members and the
public, each year P&A chooses some of the most important issues affecting people with disabilities and makes them
priorities. Nearly all P&A services (including information and referral, client assistance and representation,
education and training, and systems advocacy) are then focused on these priority issues. P&A may accept
non-priority cases for advocacy assistance, advocacy representation, or legal representation when the presenting issue
is considered to be egregious and all other criteria have been met. Very limited resources will be available for
non-priority cases. P&A's grievance procedure is available to individuals whose request for advocacy services
has been turned down because the issue is not within existing priorities or for other reasons.